• The counting of votes began at 8 AM on October 8 for the state of Haryana. As per the exit polls, the Indian National Congress was slated to win the elections. However, as the counting of votes began, it was revealed that the BJP is set for a third term.

• By 10 PM IST, the Election Commission of India declared that the Bharatiya Janta Party had won 48 seats in the 90 seat assembly and is all set to form its third consecutive government in the state. The Congress on the other hand won 37 seats.

• The Indian National Lok Dal failed to make its mark in Haryana and won only two seats. Whereas, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party was nowhere to be seen.

• Key candidates from the BJP included incumbent CM Nayab Singh Saini and former CM Anil Vij - who won their respective seats.

• Congress' Bhupinder Singh Hooda and wrestler Vinesh Phogat also won their seats. Independent candidate Savitri Jindal also won her seat in Hisar.

The voting for the 90-seat Haryana Assembly took place in a single phase on October 5 and the counting of the votes will take place today from 8 am.

The major parties aiming for the Chief Minister seat are Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party alliance.

The assembly elections for Jammu and Kashmir took place through three phase between September 18, 25 and October 1. This was the first election in 10 years in the union territory since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2014, making it a significant one for the Indian political landscape and the people of the region.

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There were 1031 candidates in the fray, 101 of them were women and some of the prominent among those in fray included -

• Chief Minister Saini (Ladwa)

• Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Garhi Sampla-Kiloi)

• INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala (Ellenabad)

• JJP's Dushyant Chautala (Uchana Kalan)

• BJP's Anil Vij (Ambala Cantt)

• O P Dhankar (Badli), AAP's Anurag Dhanda (Kalayat)

• Congress's Vinesh Phogat (Julana).

Among the independent candidates include Savitri Jindal (Hisar), Ranjit Chautala (Rania) and Chitra Sarwara (Ambala Cantt).

Several pollsters revealed their projections for both Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana on October 5, indicating a change in power in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Haryana.

Pollster 'Dainik Bhaskar' predicted the Congress getting 44-54 seats and the BJP 15-29 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly. The C-Voter-India Today polls gave Congress 50-58 seats and the BJP 20-28 seats in Haryana, while the Republic Bharat-Matrize polls put the Congress tally even higher at 55-62 seats as against the BJP's 18-24.

The 2019 Haryana Assembly election resulted in a hung assembly, with the BJP winning 40 out of 90 seats, falling short of the 46-seat majority.

The Congress secured 31 seats, while Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) emerged as a kingmaker with 10 seats.

The JJP had separated from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) due to family disputes.

After the elections, the BJP formed a coalition government with the JJP. On October 27, 2019, Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as Chief Minister, with Dushyant Chautala as Deputy Chief Minister.

Despite initial stability, tensions between the BJP and JJP escalated, leading to the coalition's collapse in early 2024.

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AAP candidate from Kalayat seat, Anurag Dhanda speaking to PTI on Tuesday, said, "People of Haryana have given their mandate, and public is supreme in democracy. We will accept the decision of the public. Haryana got a third alternative as AAP contested on all 90 seats and we are confident that people have been fed up of BJP and Congress since long, and we looking for a third alternative. I am sure that people will repose their faith on Arvind Kejriwal and we will see good results on several seats

Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini was confident of BJP winning the polls on the morning of vote counting as he stated, "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to form government with a huge mandate. We along with PM Modi have served Haryana honestly in the last 10 years. Exits polls do come, there were exit polls during Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand elections as well. We are not raising questions over exit polls, but results have been different and in Haryana too it will be like that. BJP will form the government."

DCP Panchkula Himadri Kaushik said that the Police forces have been deployed at the Kalka Assembly constituency and Panchkula Assembly constituency along with all other necessary preparations.

Police forces are also stationed throughout the city, ready to tackle any situation.

The vote counting begins for Haryana and the ballots are being read first. The EVM counting will be done next.

The early leads have come in for Haryana Assembly polls, early leads have shown that the BJP ahead in 6 seats and Congress in 3.

Wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat is leading in Haryana's Julana seat as the vote counting for the Assembly elections gets underway.

Phogat is making her electoral debut and is facing strong competition from the BJP's Captain Yogesh Bairagi, a former commercial pilot.

Congress candidates and Leader of Opposition in Haryana, Bhupinder Hooda is leading in early trends of counting from Rohtak seat.

He is running against BJP candidate Manju Hooda.

According to numbers in NDTV, the morning trends in vote counting of Haryana seats show that Congress is leading in 39 seats whereas the BJP who is already in power are leading in 22 seats.

The BJP candidates Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and former CM Anil Vij are currently in the lead for their respective seats in Ladwa and Ambala Cantt.

These are according to early trends in vote counting for the elections to Haryana's 90-member Assembly.

The vote counting started with ballots and now the EVM counting has also started in Haryana.

As per numbers by NDTV, Congress is leading in 52 seats in Haryana whereas BJP stands at 25.

Congress workers burst firecrackers outside AICC headquarters in Delhi as early trends show party headed towards a big victory in Haryana and lead for Congress-National Conference alliance in Jammu and Kashmir.

As counting of votes continues in Haryana the Congress and BJP come at a neck-to-neck position with both leading in over 40 seats.

After the ballot counting showing the path to majority mark for Congress in Haryana, as the EVM counting began, BJP has risen.

As per current numbers by NDTV, BJP is leading in 46 seats while Congress stands at 40.

Congress candidate from Julana and wrestler Vinesh Phogat makes an appearance amid people in Jind as counting of votes for Haryana elections is in progress today.

As per official trends released by the Election Commission of India, the BJP is leading on 43 seats, Congress on 34 seats, INLD and BSP on one seat each and Independent on 5 seats.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed confidence to the media about his party’s chances of winning the Assembly polls, despite early trends showing the BJP surpassing the halfway mark.

He emphasized that Congress will form a majority government in the state, with the Chief Ministerial candidate to be determined by the party leadership.

"Credit goes to the party, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, all party leaders and people of Haryana," he added.

The data on the official website of Election Commission of India revealed that BJP is leading in 47 seats in Haryana while Congress trails with 36 seats.

All BJP candidates are leading in these 10 seats in Haryana as per early trends, according to ECI.

KALKA: Shakti Rani Sharma - 17,919 votes

PANCHKULA: Gian Chand Gupta - 15,659 votes

RADAUR: Shyam Singh Rana - 22,975 votes

LADWA: Nayab Singh - 18,778 votes

PUNDRI: Satpal Jamba - 14,273 votes

NILOKHERI: Bhagwan Dass - 17,573 votes

INDRI: Ram Kumar Kashyap - 22,918 votes

KARNAL: Jagmohan Anand - 20,749 votes

GHARAUNDA: Harvinder Kalyan - 20,795 votes

ASSANDH: Yoginder Singh Rana - 10,229 votes

All BJP candidates are leading in these 10 seats in Haryana as per early trends, according to ECI.

ASSANDH: Yoginder Singh Rana - 10,229 votes

PANIPAT RURAL: Mahipal Dhanda - 30,571 votes

PANIPAT CITY: Parmod Kumar Vij - 21,993 votes

ISRANA: Krishan Lal Panwar - 26,158 votes

SAMALKHA: Manmohan Bhadana - 46,116 votes

RAI: Krishna Gahlawat - 16,008 votes

SONIPAT: Nikhil Madaan - 20,906 votes

GOHANA: Arvind Kumar Sharma - 17,519 votes

JULANA: Yogesh Kumar - 26,670 votes

SAFIDON: Ram Kumar Gautam - 28,169 votes

All BJP candidates are leading in these 15 seats in Haryana as per early trends, according to ECI.

JIND: Dr. Krishan Lal Middha - 38,549 votes

NARWANA: Krishan Kumar - 17,451 votes

FATEHABAD: Dura Ram - 35,683 votes

ADAMPUR: Bhavya Bishnoi - 20,354 votes

HANSI: Vinod Bhayana - 44,015 votes

BARWALA: Ranbir Gangwa - 31,549 votes

NALWA: Randhir Panihar - 20,454 votes

LOHARU: Jai Parkash Dalal - 20,850 votes

BADHRA: Umed Singh - 21,097 votes

DADRI: Sunil Satpal Sangwan - 20,608 votes

BHIWANI: Ghanshyam Saraf - 32,274 votes

TOSHAM: Shruti Choudhry - 23,905 votes

BAWANI KHERA: Kapoor Singh - 25,645 votes

KALANAUR: Renu Dabla - 25,094 votes

NARNAUL: Om Prakash Yadav - 9,067 votes

Though Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat started off strong, she was soon overtaken by her primary challenger, ex-army captain Yogesh Bairagi.

However, as the vote margin between Bairagi and Phogat decreases, we might see another turn in votes.

These Congress candidates are leading in their respective seats in Haryana, as per ECI data.

NARAINGARH: Shalley Chaudhary - 25,318 votes

AMBALA CITY: Nirmal Singh Mohra - 32,540 votes

MULANA: Pooja - 42,334 votes

SADHAURA: Renu Bala - 22,179 votes

JAGADHRI: Akram Khan - 24,724 votes

SHAHBAD: Ram Karan - 26,675 votes

THANESAR: Ashok Kumar Arora - 37,149 votes

PEHOWA: Mandeep Chatha - 31,333 votes

GUHLA: Devender Hans - 31,024 votes

KALAYAT: Vikas Saharan - 13,241 votes

KAITHAL: Aditya Surjewala - 29,550 votes

RAI: Jai Bhagwan Antil - 22,050 votes

BARODA: Induraj Singh Narwal - 17,357 votes

JULANA: Vinesh - 30,303 votes

UCHANA KALAN: Brijendra Singh - 18,494 votes

These Congress candidates are leading in their respective seats in Haryana, as per ECI data.

TOHANA: Paramvir Singh - 27,123 votes

RATIA: Jarnail Singh - 36,025 votes

KALANWALI: Shishpal Keharwala - 47,785 votes

DABWALI: Amit Sihag - 17,147 votes

SIRSA: Gokul Setia - 27,635 votes

ELLENABAD: Bharat Singh Beniwal - 33,767 votes

UKLANA: Naresh Selwal - 38,525 votes

NARNAUND: Jassi Petwar - 22,715 votes

MEHAM: Balram Dangi - 13,924 votes

GARHI SAMPLA - KILOI: Bhupinder Singh Hooda - 56,875 votes

ROHTAK: Bharat Bhushan Batra - 16,451 votes

BADLI: Kuldeep Vats - 29,144 votes

JHAJJAR: Geeta Bhukkal - 12,416 votes

BERI: Raghuvir Singh Kadian - 27,409 votes

MAHENDRAGARH: Rao Dan Singh - 26,044 votes

NUH: Aftab Ahmed - 66,125 votes

FEROZEPUR JHIRKA: Mammam Khan - 60,793 votes

PUNAHANA: Mohammad Ilyas - 60,089 votes

HODAL: Udai Bhan - 23,172 votes

PRITHLA: Raghubir Tewatia - 33,431 votes

BJP candidate Mahipal Dhanda is leading in Panipat Rural(24) seat with 42161 votes.

BJP candidate Parmod Kumar is leading in Panipat City(25) seat with 33475 votes.

In Ballabgarh seat of Haryana, BJP candidate Mool Chand Sharma is leading with 25,014 votes, while Sharda Rathore, an Independent candidate, is trailing with 15,059 votes, and another Independent candidate, Rao Ram Kumar, is also trailing with 6,841 votes.

The BJP candidate Mukesh Sharma from the Gurgaon seat in Haryana is leading with 51,023 votes, while Naveen Goyal, an Independent candidate, is trailing with 26,631 votes, and Mohit Grover from the Indian National Congress is also trailing with 15,986 votes.

The Congress party raised concerns about the counting data being uploaded on the Election Commission's website after the BJP quickly pulled ahead of them in the early results of the Haryana Assembly elections on Tuesday.

Congress General Secretary and communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh in a post on X wrote, "Like the Lok Sabha elections, in Haryana we are again witnessing slowing down of uploading up-to-date trends on the ECI website. Is the BJP trying to build pressure on the administration by sharing outdated and misleading trends."

Ramesh further complained to Election Commission, calling it "inordinate and unacceptable delay in updating trends" in the Haryana Assembly election results.

Ramesh asked the poll watchdog to issue directions to update website with accurate figures to counter the malicious narratives.

Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was ahead in the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat with 71,753 votes after ten rounds of counting. His closest competitor, Manju from the ruling BJP, was behind by 52,341 votes.

Hooda, who is seen as a possible candidate for chief minister, stated that the decision about the chief minister position will be made by the party's leaders.

Congress candidate Aftab Ahmed has won Nuh seat in Haryana Assembly with 91,833 votes and a margin of 46,963 votes.

Meanwhile, Tahir Hussain from the Indian National Lok Dal lost with 44,870 votesand Sanjay Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party also lost with 15,902 votes.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dr. Krishan Lal Middha from the Jin seat in Haryana has won with 68,920 votes with a margin of 15,860 votes.

Meanwhile, Mahavir Gupta from the Indian National Congress lost with 53,060 votes and Pradeep Singh, an Independent candidate, also lost with 7,639 votes.

Sharmita Kar writes, the Congress was walking a tightrope throughout the campaign due to an apparent tussle between Bhupinder Singh Hooda–a Jat leader–and Selja Kumari, the party's most prominent Dalit face, with the latter evidently in the sidelines. 

The apparent infighting within the Congress came to the fore during the selection of candidates. Of the 90 seats in Haryana, 72 seats have Congress candidates from the Hooda camp. This went against the party's own campaign for inclusivity across communities and particularly impacted the Dalit vote base it sought to regain. 

Selja, a general secretary of the Congress, who has a major influence in the Assembly constituencies in Sirsa and Fatehabad districts of Haryana, did not attend the launch of the party's manifesto and stayed out of the campaigning for the most part. She was reportedly upset over the ticket distribution as she had requested tickets in 30 seats but got only nine, and was unable to convince the party leadership to nominate her close aide Ajay Chaudhary from the Narnaund seat.

The Jat-Dalit consolidation, which was the Congress’ trump card, may not have delivered due to dissatisfaction of the the Dalit vote base with the direction taken by the party’s leadership. The Jat community constitutes about 27 per cent of the state’s population, whereas the Scheduled Castes (SC) constitute around 20 per cent of the population. Dalits in Haryana, particularly the Chamar community, historically sided with the Congress but turned to BJP in the last decade.

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According to ECI website the current vote shares for major parties are -

BJP - 39.61%

Congress - 40.01%

INLD - 4.39%

BJP candidate Pawan Kharkhoda wins the Kharkhauda seat in Haryana with 58,084 votes and a margin of 5,635 votes.

Meanwhile, Congress candidate Jaiveer Singh Congress lost with 52,449 votes and Pritam Khokar from the Indian National Lok Dal also lost with 1,593 votes.

Congress candidate Mandeep Chatha has won the Pehowa seat In Haryana from the with 64,548 votes and a margin of 6,553.

Meanwhile BIP candidate Jai Bhagwan Sharma from the Bharatiya Janata Party lost with a margin of 6,553 votes and INLD candidate Baldev Singh Waraich also lost with a margin of 62,776.

Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat won Julana seat in Haryana with 65,080 votes and a margin of 6,015 votes.

Meanwhile while BJP candidate Yogesh Kumar lost with 59065 votes and INLD candidate Surender Lather also lost with a margin of 54,922 votes.

Bharatiya Janat Party -

• Pehowa: Mandeep Chatha

• Julana: Vinesh Phogat

• Nuh: Aftab Ahmed

Congress -

• Kharkhauda: Pawan Kharkoda

• Jind: Dr. Krishan Lal Middha

• Hansi: Vinod Bhayana

Congress candidate Ashok Kumar Arora won with 70,076 votes from Thanesar constituency in Haryana. Subhash Sudha from the Bharatiya Janata Party lost with 66,833 votes, while Krishan Bajaj from the Aam Aadmi Party also lost with 2,948 votes.

The Election Commission of India has announced six Congress winners from Haryana, here is a list:

• Shahbad: Ram Karan

• Thanesar: Ashok Kumar Arora

• Pehowa: Mandeep Chatha

• Julana: Vinesh

• Nuh: Aftab Ahmed

• Punahana: Mohammad Ilyas

• Ferozpur Jhirka: Mamman Khan

EC responds to Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh over his memorandum on the display of results on EC website. It reads, "...Commission unequivocally rejects your attempt to surreptitiously give credence to irresponsible, unfounded and uncorroborated malafide narratives."

- ANI

Congress candidate Shalley Chaudhary has won Naraingarh constituency and Mohammad Ilyas has won from Punahana constituency in Haryana.

These 5 BJP candidates have won from their constituencies in Haryana as counting of votes continue the state:

• Pundri: Satpal Jamba

• Kharkhauda: Pawan Kharkoda

• Safidon: Ram Kumar Gautam

• Jind: Dr. Krishan Lal Middha

• Hansi: Vinod Bhayana

While addressing a gathering of the AAP municipal councillors in Delhi, Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal stated, "Let us see what the results are in Haryana. The biggest lesson of this is that one should never be overconfident in the elections."

The 13 BJP candidates who have won from seats across Haryana Assembly are -

• Radaur: Shyam Singh Rana

• Pundri: Satpal Jamba

• Gharaunda: Harvinder Kalyan

• Rai: Krishna Gahlawat

• Kharkhauda: Pawan Kharkoda

• Sonipat: Nikhil Madaan

• Safidon: Ram Kumar Gautam

• Jind: Dr. Krishan Lal Middha

• Narwana: Krishan Kumar

• Hansi: Vinod Bhayana

• Bhiwani: Ghanshyam Saraf

• Palwal: Gaurav Gautam

• Faridabad: Vipul Goel

As trends in counting of votes for Haryana Assembly polls indicate a possibility of BJP to win for a third term, former CM Anil Vij said, "This is the victory of BJP's policies and the trust shown by people. We will celebrate this like a festival, similar to Diwali and Holi."

BJP has 17 Winners so far and is leading in 33 seats across Haryana as the Bharatiya Janata Party eyes its third successive government. The list of winners as of 3:45 PM are -

1. Kalka - Shakti Rani Sharma

2. Radaur - Shyam Singh Rana

3. Pundri - Satpal Jamba

4. Gharaunda - Harvinder Kalyan

5. Rai - Krishna Gahlawat

6. Kharkhauda - Pawan Kharakhoda

7. Sonipat - Nikhil Maddan

8. Safidon - Ram Kumar Gautam

9. Jind - Dr Krishan Lal Middha

10. Narwana - Krishan Kumar

11. Hansi - Vinod Bhayana

12. Barwala - Ranbir Gangwa

13. Bhiwani - Ghanshyam Saraf

14. Palwal - Gaurav Gautam

15. Faridabad - Vipul Goel

16. Badshahpur - Rao Narbir Singh

17. Irsana - Krishan Lal Panwar

People have given a mandate to the BJP in Haryana for a third consecutive term on Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s policies, achievements and way of functioning, Union Minister and former Chief Minister of the state Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.

“People have sent out a message. The Modi government’s policies, achievements and way of functioning were leaving an impact on the people. Responding to this, people have given the mandate to the BJP for a third consecutive term,” Khattar told reporters here.

Khattar added that it will be the first time that any party is going to form its government in Haryana for a third time, Khattar added.

Based on the current results counted by the Election Commission of India, here are the party wise results -

• Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) - Won 27 Seats, Leading in 23

• Congress - Won 22 Seats, Leading in 13

• Indian National Lok Dal - Won Zero Seats, Leading in 2

• Independent Candidates - 2 Seats Won, Leading in One

BJP candidate Shruti Choudhry has won from the Tosham seat, beating out her main competitor, Congress' Anirudh Chaudhary, who is also her cousin.

Shruti Choudhry is the daughter of BJP leader Kiran Choudhry and Surender Singh and the granddaughter of former Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal

As per the latest count issued by the Election Commission of India, the Bharatiya Janta Party has maintained its lead in Haryana and won a total of 34 seats -

• BJP - 34 Won, 15 Leading

• Congress - 30 Win, 6 Leading

• Lok Dal - 2 Leading

• Independent - 3 Won

The people of Haryana are very utilitarian when it comes to electing their government. Except for a period of two years, Haryana has had a government of the same party that was ruling at the Centre. Time and again, people have reposed their faith in this double-engine government configuration. It seems that this time the experts did not give due importance to this tendency and hence...

Read the full analysis by Rajendra Sharma here

With 41 wins in the bag, the Bharatiya Janata Party is in the lead and all set to form its third successive government in the state. Congress on the other hand, has secured 33 wins and the Lok Dal trails with 2 wins.

Of the 90 assembly seats up for grabs, the winning party must secure 46 seats.

The Haryana Assembly election results have come as a blow to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which hoped to make a mark in the elections.

The party drew a blank so far with its senior vice president of the state unit Anurag Dhanda is among those set to suffer a big defeat

Dhanda, who contested from the Kalayat seat in the Kaithal district, was at the seventh position with Congress' Vikas Saharan leading by a margin of 13,419 votes.

No AAP nominee was in the contest in any of the 90 assembly seats, as per the ECI data.

With the Haryana assembly election results now in, the BJP has won 48 seats - crossing the majority mark and all set to form its third consecutive government in the state.

Congress came in close and secured 36 seats and one candidate is currently leading in the Rohtak seat.

The BJP has once again won the Haryana assembly polls and is all set to form a historic third government in the state.

As per Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, the party's victory is a testament to the "unwavering faith of farmers, poor, backward classes, soldiers and youth in PM Modi-led govt"

As per the exit poll predictions for Haryana, the Indian National Congress was slated to win and form the next state government. However, based on the counting of votes conducted by the ECI on Tuesday, the BJP has won 48 seats and is all set to form its third consecutive government in the state.

Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said the outcome in Haryana was opposite to what the atmosphere was in the state.

He also said the results came as a surprise to the party. The BJP emerged victorious in 48 seats while the Congress won 36 seats and is leading in one seat, as per data by the Election Commission of India.

"The results have left us 'achambhit' (stunned) and the BJP must also be 'achambhit'. These results are opposite to what the atmosphere was in the state. What is the role of 'tantar' (in it), we will probe it. We lost many seats with low margins," Singh told news agency PTI.

"We received complaints from many places as well. The way the delay took place. Anyhow, the AICC will meet the ECI. There is no doubt that these (results) are 'ascharya chakit' (surprising)," he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the Haryana assembly polls result and stated that the "people wrote new history and elected the BJP for the third term in the state".

"In the land of Gita, truth, development, good-governance have won; all communities voted for us," the prime minister added further.

The results of the Rohtak district in Haryana is yet to the declared. As per the ECI data, Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Batra is in the lead and has won, however, the official victory is yet to be declared.

As per local reports, certain miscreants tried to enter the counting centre to disrupt the process. Police officers have diffused the situation and stated that only those associated with the election and the concerned parties will be allowed to go inside the centre.

With the counting almost done, the Bharatiya Janta Party has secured another term as the state government. As per ECI data, here is a look at the final results for the assembly polls -

• BJP - 48 Seats won

• Congress - 36 Seats won, One Leading (Rohtak)

• Lok Dal - 2 Seats Won

• Independent Candidates - 3 Seats Won